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    YOUNG: Independents leaning right

    By J.T. Young - The Washington Times

    Political independents are continuing their 2010 tilt toward Republicans. The latest evidence comes from the presidential primaries, in which independents’ participation percentage is almost universally higher than in 2008. The significance of these increases could be no less significant this November than it was in the midterm elections that produced broad Republican gains. Published April 5, 2012 Comments

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    MURDOCK: Bad humor over Obama gas prices

    By Deroy Murdock - The Washington Times

    From the sublime to the ridiculous, the Obama administration’s energy policy has devolved into self-parody. President Obama recently announced that he would accelerate the construction of … the southern half of the Keystone XL pipeline. This portion, conveniently enough, does not reach Canada, which yearns to send America petroleum from its oil sands in Alberta. Mr. Obama’s move is like building an airport runway while banning the taxiway that would connect it to the passenger terminal. Published April 5, 2012 Comments

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    KEENE: Obama's plan to 'crucify' political opponents

    By David Keene - The Washington Times

    When Ronald Reagan took on Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter in 1980, I volunteered to run an independent expenditure campaign for the National Conservative Political Action Committee. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

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    VEGAS: Washington State tax shakedown

    By Pete Vegas

    As president of a national food company, I thought I had seen it all. Until, that is, the state of Washington decided to send me a $180,000 tax bill for simply visiting the the state. I understand that states are starved for revenue these days, but Washington has gone too far. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

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    LAMBRO: Making Romney's day over employment

    By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

    President Obama is attacking Mitt Romney's job-creation record when he headed a capital investment firm that turned failing companies and startup businesses into success stories. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • NUGENT: California nightmare

    By Ted Nugent - The Washington Times

    Will the last American left in California please turn out the lights? And don't let the door slam you in the behind. California isn't going broke. It's already broke and is $16 billion in the hole. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • GOLDBERG: Romney's media handicap

    By Jonah Goldberg

    Perhaps Mitt Romney played it right when he was meek and contrite in response to The Washington Post's front-page allegations that he bullied a kid half-a-century ago in high school. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • TYRRELL: Dirty days ahead

    By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

    I first heard it two, perhaps 2 1/2 years ago. A sage sitting in his New York City office pronounced it. Said the sage to me: "This is going to be the dirtiest presidential campaign in history." Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Passage of Power'

    By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times

    Robert A. Caro has spent much of his life writing about the political monument who was Lyndon Baines Johnson, a man of whom he is sharply criti- cal yet of whom he often stands in reluctant awe. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • MURKOWSKI AND VITTER: Obama's mulligan on Keystone XL

    By Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. David Vitter

    TransCanada's decision to reapply for a federal permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S.-Canadian border offers President Obama something that rarely comes around - a second chance to do the right thing. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • ROOT: Are you ready to bail out a continent?

    By Wayne Allyn Root

    It was bad enough that the U.S. government risked trillions of taxpayer dollars bailing out banks, car companies, insurance companies, Wall Street firms, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We've even bailed out foreign banks and foreign countries (Greece). Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • HOGAN: O'Malley's 'Ark of the Tax Coffer'

    By Larry Hogan

    One of the rituals of summer is the arrival of big-budget blockbuster films to your local neighborhood multiplex. Sequels are a huge source of revenue for Hollywood. Unfortunately, they are a big moneymaker for Maryland's ruling political establishment in Annapolis as well. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • FEULNER: Budget plan that adds up

    By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times

    It has been more than three years (1,112 days, to be precise) since the U.S. Senate last passed a budget. The last time Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid fulfilled his legal responsibility, Conan O'Brien was still on NBC, Tea Parties hadn't come together, and the iPad hadn't yet been introduced. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • MANDEL: Perverse Palestinian pride

    By Daniel Mandel

    Today, Palestinians and their supporters, as they have done increasingly over the years, mark what they call the "naqba" (Arabic for catastrophe) day. But commemoration is only one aspect of the day. The clue to the real meaning of the naqba lies on the previous day, May 14, the day Israel declared independence upon the termination of British rule. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • GAFFNEY: False-flag operation on LOST

    By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

    Here we go again: The usual suspects - the environmentalists, the one-worlder transnationalists, the Obama administration (to the extent that is not redundant) and assorted shortsighted special interests including, regrettably, the United States Navy - are dusting off the hopelessly outdated and inequitable United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty (better, and more accurately, known as LOST) in the hope of jamming its ratification through the Senate as was done two years ago with the defective New Start Treaty. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • SMITH: Driving the market from the marketplace of ideas

    By Fred Smith

    Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin recently came under attack from left-wing activists for meeting with representatives of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nationwide association of conservative state legislators. This is but the latest salvo in a sustained attack on ALEC from the political left. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Civilization'

    By James Srodes - Special to The Washington Times

    One of the joys of my long life in journalism is spending so much time in the company of smarter people. Even when I disagreed with them, invariably there was something to learn or at least reconsider. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

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